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How can you learn to handle physical pain with a holistic approach?
Most people treat physical pain like an enemy to silence as fast as possible. I used to think the same way, until three rib injuries forced me to spend entire nights with the sensation.
What I found challenges the assumption that pain is a constant, unending stream. It actually moves in micro-undulations, and there’s a specific somatic practice that lets you feel that.
This episode walks through pendulation, a somatic experiencing technique I practice with my coach, Whitney. It’s a tool for staying with sensation instead of running from it.
I’m drawn to this method over natural pain remedies, CBD, or other supports I could reach for. The interest isn’t in eliminating sensation. It’s in learning what’s actually happening inside my body.
You’ll learn:
[00:00] Introduction
[00:07] What to do when you’d normally reach for a pill
[00:22] Why I avoided chronic pain until this past year
[00:47] The somatic experiencing practice called pendulation
[01:24] Why pain is not a constant stream of torture
[02:08] What changes when you stop resisting physical sensation
[02:31] Step-by-step: how to pendulate through physical pain
[03:26] Why a born skeptic was surprised this worked
[03:43] Why I skip CBD, DMSO, and other natural options
- Resources mentioned:
- Healing with DMSO by Amandha Dawn Vollmer | Book or Audiobook
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